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Hanuman
Devotion
File:Lord hanuman singing bhajans AS.jpg
Hanuman pentit in Pahari Style
Devanagariहनुमान्
Sanskrit transleeterationHanumān
AffiliationDevotee o Rama
Incarnation o Shiva
AbodeKadali Forest (Himalaya's Puran teep forest)
MantraHanuman Chalisa Om Namo Hanumante Namaha
WappenGada (mace)
TextsRamayana
FestivalsHanuman Jayanti
ParentsVayu an Añjanā

Hanuman (Hanumān in IAST),[1] is a Hindu deity an an ardent devotee o the deity Rama. He is ane o the central figurs in the Hindu epic Ramayana an its various versions. As ane o the Chiranjivi he is an aa mentioned in several ither texts, includin Mahabharata, the various Puranas an some Jain texts. Vanara (monkey), Hanuman pairteecipatit in Rama's war against the demon keeng Ravana. Several texts an aa present him as an incarnation o Shiva. He is the son o Anjana an Kesari, an is an aa describit as the son o the wind-God Pawan, wha accordin tae several stories, played a role in his birth.

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